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AP Practice Exam 1
AP Practice Exam 1
2. What is the slope of the line tangent to the graph of y = ln (2 x ) at the point where x = 4 ?
4. Snow is falling at a rate of r(t ) = 2 e− 0.1t inches per hour, where t is the time in hours since the beginning of
the snowfall. Which of the following expressions gives the amount of snow, in inches, that falls from time t = 0
to time t = 5 hours?
(A) 2 e− 0.5 − 2
(C) 4 − 4 e− 0.5
(D) 20 − 20 e− 0.5
6. The graph of the function f consists of two line segments, as shown in the figure above. The value
of is
7. At time t ≥ 0, a particle moving in the xy-plane has a velocity vector given by v(t ) = cos (2 t ), e3t . What is
the acceleration vector of the particle?
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8. Consider the geometric series ∑ an , where an > 0 for all n. The first term of the series is a1 = 48 , and the third
n=1 ∞
term is a3 = 12 . Which of the following statements about ∑ an is true?
n=1
∞
(A) ∑ an = 64
n=1
∞
(B) ∑ an = 96
n=1
∞
(C) ∑ an converges, but the sum cannot be determined from the information given.
n=1
∞
(D) ∑ an diverges.
n=1
9. Let y be the solution to the differential equation with initial condition . What is
the approximation for obtained by using Euler’s method with two steps of equal length, starting at ?
dy
10. Let y = f (x) be the solution to the differential equation = x − y with initial condition f (2) = 8. What is
dx
the approximation for f (3) obtained by using Euler’s method with two steps of equal length, starting at x = 2 ?
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
f (x) 0 5 2 –1 –2 0 3
11. The function f is continuous on the closed interval [0, 6] and has values as shown in the table above. Using
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the intervals [0, 2], [2, 4], and [4, 6], what is the approximation of Ú0 f ( x ) dx obtained from a midpoint
Riemann sum?
⌠ 3x + 1
12. ⎮ 2 dx =
⌡ x − 4x + 3
13. The graph of , the derivative of f, is shown in the figure above. If , which of the following could
be the value of ?
(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 35 (E) 40
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
x2 x3 x 4
(A) 1 + x + + + +
2 3! 4!
27 x 2 81x 3 243 x 4
(B) 3 + 9 x + + + +
2 3! 4!
9 x 2 27 x 3 81x 4
(C) 1 - 3 x + - + -
2 3! 4!
3 x2 3 x3 3 x 4
(D) 1 + 3 x + + + +
2 3! 4!
9 x 2 27 x 3 81x 4
(E) 1 + 3 x + + + +
2 3! 4!
18. The graph of the function f, consisting of two line segments, is shown in the figure above. Let g be the function
given by , and let h be the function given by . What is the value of ?
(x 20 − 3 x) − (e 20 − 3 e)
19. lim is
x→e x−e
20. The graph of the function f in the figure above consists of four line segments. Let g be the function defined by
. Which of the following is an equation of the line tangent to the graph of g at ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
21. At time , a cube has volume and edges of length . If the volume of the cube decreases at a rate
proportional to its surface area, which of the following differential equations could describe the rate at which
the volume of the cube decreases?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
25. lim
sin ( p3 + h) - sin ( p3 ) is
hÆ0 h
27. What is the coefficient of x 2 in the Taylor series for sin 2 x about x = 0 ?
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78. The graph of f is shown in the figure above. If ∫1 f ( x ) dx = 2.3 and F ′( x) = f ( x), then
F (3) − F (0) =
f (2 + h) f (2)
= 5 . Which of the following must be true?
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I. f is continuous at x = 2.
II. f is differentiable at x = 2.
III. The derivative of f is continuous at x = 2 .
81. A railroad track and a road cross at right angles. An observer stands on the road 70 meters south of
the crossing and watches an eastbound train traveling at 60 meters per second. At how many
meters per second is the train moving away from the observer 4 seconds after it passes through the
intersection?
dy
83. If = (1 + ln x ) y and if y = 1 when x = 1, then y =
dx
∞ (− 1)n+1
85. The series ∑ n
converges to S. Based on the alternating series error bound, what is the least number of
n=1
terms in the series that must be summed to guarantee a partial sum that is within 0.03 of S ?
87. A particle moves along the y-axis. The graph of the particle’s position at time t is shown above for
. For what values of t is the velocity of the particle negative and the acceleration positive?
88. The function f is twice differentiable. Selected values of f are given in the table above. Which of the following
could be the graph of f ¢¢( x ) , the second derivative of f ?
(D) (E)
89. Let R be the region in the first quadrant that is bounded above by the polar curve and below by the
line , as shown in the figure above. What is the area of R ?
90. A container has the shape of an open right circular cone, as shown in the figure above. The container has a radius
of 4 feet at the top, and its height is 12 feet. If water flows into the container at a constant rate of 6 cubic feet per
minute, how fast is the water level rising when the height of the water is 5 feet? (The volume V of a cone with
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radius r and height h is V = pr 2h. )
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